#35A4BB#35A4BB

#35A4BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.102 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A4BB
RGB	rgb(53, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -23.26, -20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 31.23, 221.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0842 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.102 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7095, 30.8929, 51.7174)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A4BB #BB4C35

analogous

#35BB8F #35A4BB #3561BB

triadic

#35A4BB #BB35A4 #A4BB35

tetradic

#35A4BB #8F35BB #BB4C35 #61BB35

square

#35A4BB #8F35BB #BB4C35 #61BB35

split-complementary

#35A4BB #BB3561 #BB8F35

monochromatic

#1A505C #277A8B #35A4BB #5CBDD1 #8CD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#35A4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#35A4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A4BB

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A4BB	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.102 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfcf',
    500: '#35a4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a4bb;
$custom-light: #7fbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.299,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66681,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A4BB

secondary

#C98F83

accent

#6249DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A4BB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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